I would like to consider the first part of this statement in
two parts.

“I regard the brain as a computer”

Brain as a computer; an over simplification… regarding the
brain as a computer would be like saying you have a resistor before the processor
that would actually reduce information! (since the likening of the brain to a
computer is a theoretical one I have other theories related to biology and psychology
in mind, ref.1 ) reduction of data for focus is about the situation, consciousness
and thinking of the individual, and it works within the variables presented by the
atomic composition, chemical balance, the memory and the actual position in the
universe of each individual and not about a self-aware brain that this
statement suggests. And since biologically speaking “where thinking occurs/arises” cannot be located in the brain (ref.2)
a computer as a brain would actually
mean one which is aware of itself, and as of today there’s no such thing as a self-aware
computer let alone a fully functional AI.

“as a computer which will stop working when its components
fail”

And what are the components of the computer; the software, cd drive, the memory, the read
only memory, the processor? Is the body and the world and the universe
components or perhaps periphery drives of this computer? What is the difference between the stopping of
working of a computer due to the failure components and the biological death of
a human being?

Firstly, the stopping of working of a computer due to the
failure components is about the life span of components and Entropy and
secondly the biological death of a human being is primarily due to internal
reasons (ref.3) and not an allotted life span that they are “produced for” or
entropy. To consider what Life span and Entropy means for human beings one
would need to look at what our current means of production are, how we recreate
our standard of life and ourselves among with it as well as the toxic entropy
engulfing us since the beginning of the industrial revolution.

“Reflecting on my experience, I find myself
agreeing with the eminent Cambridge philosopher, Dr. C. D. Broad, "that we
should do well to consider much more seriously than we have hitherto been
inclined to do the type of theory which Bergson put forward in connection with
memory and sense perception. The suggestion is that the function of the brain
and nervous system and sense organs is in the main eliminative and not
productive. Each person is at each moment capable of remembering all that has
ever happened to him and of perceiving everything that is happening everywhere
in the universe. The function of the brain and nervous system is to protect us
from being overwhelmed and confused by this mass of largely useless and irrelevant
knowledge, by shutting out most of what we should otherwise perceive or
remember at any moment, and leaving only that very small and special selection
which is likely to be practically useful."

Each cerebral hemisphere can be divided
into sections, or lobes, each of which specializes in different functions. To understand
each lobe and its specialty we will take a tour of the cerebral hemispheres,
starting with the two frontal lobes (3), which lie directly behind the
forehead. When you plan a schedule, imagine the future, or use reasoned
arguments, these two lobes
do much of the work. One of the ways the frontal lobes seem to do these
things is by acting as short-term storage sites, allowing one idea to be kept
in mind while other ideas are considered. In the rearmost portion of each
frontal lobe is a motor area (4), which helps control voluntary movement. A nearby place
on the left frontal lobe called Broca’s area (5) allows thoughts to be transformed into words.

When you enjoy a good meal—the taste,
aroma, and texture of the food—two sections behind the frontal lobes called the parietal lobes (6) are at
work. The forward parts of these lobes, just behind the motor areas, are
the primary sensory areas (7). These areas receive information about
temperature, taste, touch, and movement from the rest of the body. Reading and arithmetic are
also functions in the repertoire of each parietal lobe.

As you look at the words and pictures on
this page, two areas at the back of the brain are at work. These lobes, called the occipital
lobes (8), process images
from the eyes and link that information with images stored in memory. Damage to
the occipital lobes can cause blindness.

The last lobes on our tour of the cerebral
hemispheres are the temporal lobes (9), which lie in front of the visual areas
and nest under the parietal and frontal lobes. Whether you appreciate
symphonies or rock music, your
brain responds through the activity of these lobes. At the top of each temporal lobe is an area
responsible for receiving information from the ears. The underside of
each temporal lobe plays a
crucial role in forming and retrieving memories, including those
associated with music. Other
parts of this lobe seem to integrate memories and sensations of taste, sound,
sight, and touch.”

…

The Inner Brain

Deep within the brain, hidden from view,
lie structures that are the gatekeepers between the spinal cord and the
cerebral hemispheres. These
structures not only determine our emotional state, they also modify our
perceptions and responses depending on that state, and allow us to initiate
movements that you make without thinking about them. Like the lobes in
the cerebral hemispheres, the structures described below come in pairs: each is
duplicated in the opposite half of the brain.”

(Writers note; I would like to consider
this link as a small example of a general scientific bias. The “Brain Basics:
Know Your Brain” link that is present in The National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke site, has a section that is called “The Geography of
Thought” where there is no mention of the actual word “thinking”. Actually the
only time that “thinking” is mentioned in the entire text is with the “The
Inner Brain” section but only as “not thinking”; “initiate movements that you
make without thinking about them”. Coming back to the “The Geography of Thought”
when one considers the language used and the adjective attributes for the
different parts of the brain, confusion is apparent. Mind you, I am only
considering the language used here that result in a scientific bias and not the
“validity” of the scientific facts or the research; for not only that I think
that these scientific facts are valid, I also think that they are not taken to
their full dimensions, and that when they are not related to more fundamental
scientific facts such as the laws of Thermodynamics (defining the fundamentals
at work at the uniqueness of each process and at the same time creating the
possibility of the uniqueness through relating each element to the unique
conditions around ) then we have a half-truth as well as un-scientific claims.

Cherry picking “The Geography of Thought”

·Each cerebral hemisphere can be divided into
sections, or lobes, each of which specializes in different functions

·these two lobes do much of the work

·helps control voluntary movement

·allows thoughts to be transformed
into words

·the parietal lobes (6) are at work

·Reading and arithmetic are also functions in the repertoire of
each parietal lobe

·are at work

·process images from the eyes and link that information with
images stored in memory

·are at work

·process images

·your
brain responds through the activity of these lobes

·each temporal lobe is an area responsible for receiving information
from the ears

·plays a crucial role in forming and retrieving memories

·seem to integrate memories and sensations of taste, sound, sight, and
touch

It is one thing to talk about the
functions, work, control, transformative function, processing area, the chain
of responsibility, the position of the role in the hierarchy of the functions
and the integrative functions of the parts of the brain; but how these
attributes are observed is more definitive of the importance of the relation of
these attributes have to the overall process and the location of “thinking”. So
the phrase “your brain responds through the activity of these lobes” is very
significant as all of the above attributes are observed as “responses of the
brain through observable activity”. If these attributes are taken independent
of this context, they become causa sui facts independent of the way that they
are observed. The reason that the way that they are observed is important is
that even if we could account for the entire chemical and electrical relations
of the brain with the rest of the body, although we could say something about
the system we would still not be able to say anything about the “thinking” as
the atomic composition, chemical balance (free radicals or toxins anyone?), the
memory and the actual position in the universe of each individual is unique
that results in a unique interaction or rather a unique understanding/comprehension/comment
of the “individual person” from the interaction of the brain with the body and
the world at large. So you could have a better understanding of the responses
of the brain by enlarging the area of observable activity through technical
advances, but where thinking occurs, arises and expressed cannot be understood
independent of the unique body and the world of the individual as well as the
individually and scientifically observed world.)

(2.2) Does Thinking Happen In The
Brain? by ALVA NOË(at NPR, formerly
National Public Radio)

“Despite having learned so much about the
anatomy and physiology of the human brain in the last century, we don’t
actually have a better account of how consciousness and cognition arise in the
brain than it arises out of immaterial soul-stuff.

…

A human being, like every living being, is
a locus of densely interwoven coupling with the world around us. We make
consciousness dynamically, in our exchange with the world around us.
Ultimately, if we want to understand consciousness, we need to go out of our
heads and look at the way we are embodied and also bound to and embedded in the
world around us.”

"If we are to take it as truth that
knows no exception that everything living dies for internal reasons - becomes
inorganic once again - then we shall be compelled to say that 'the aim of life
is death' and, looking backward, that 'inanimate things existed before living
ones.'"